This review provides an opportunity to assess the current state of gang research and
suggest directions for its future. There has been a dramatic increase in research on gangs …

Recent years have seen an upsurge of attention paid to street gangs as scholars and
criminal justice officials strive to understand and counteract the effects of gang membership …

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, provides a psychological and
evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many …

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Fifth Edition, discusses the psychology of criminal
behavior, drawing upon general personality, as well as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive …

In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on
a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them …

Research on school-based violence and bullying suggests that males are more likely to be
both perpetrators and victims of bullying. Because of this, until recently, the experiences of …

This study takes stock of empirical research examining the relationship between gang
membership and offending by subjecting this large body of work to a meta-analysis …

Created as an alternative to the punishment-oriented criminal justice system, the juvenile
court is a unique American invention that has been replicated around the world. But to say …

Objectives. Drawing from social network and life-course frameworks, the authors extend
Hagan's concept of criminal embeddedness to embeddedness within gangs. This study …

How do we interact with people in our everyday life? Who are the people we are connected
to? What are the consequences of overlap** social circles and how people deal with the …